158: Strong streak, playoff undercurrent (4K Votes)
Bryant sat on the bench and sat there.
His eyes were fixed on the court, but it was very hollow.
No one knows what he's thinking at this point, no one knows if he's missing the invincible shark.
But one thing is for sure, tonight was a rather embarrassing night for Kobe.
"Beep~~~"
The buzzer echoed throughout the Staples Center, and the game ended.
104-91, the Indiana Pacers won the Lakers by 13 points on the road.
Judging by the scoreline, this game seems to be in the dark without suspense.
But only those who have watched this game know how intense and exciting this game was.
Tough hand-to-hand combat, difficult scores, and never-ending trash talk.
Kobe Bryant and Wayne, no one knows where these two people who met for the first time came from to be so angry.
Perhaps, it's all the trouble caused by the desire to win, which is stronger than luck.
At the end of the game, Wayne happily walked up to high-five his teammates in celebration.
With 17 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, Wayne's statistics today are not too explosive.
At least compared to the previous games, it looks a lot more mediocre.
Lamar. Odom caused Wayne a lot of trouble, that's a fact.
But the most classic picture of this game was created by Wayne.
The scene where he proudly stepped over Kobe Bryant became the most impressive moment today.
Statistically speaking, Kobe Bryant is a complete blow to Wayne today. With 40 points in a single game, Wayne can't play such statistics now.
But I don't know why, everyone always thinks that Wayne is beating Kobe......
really responded to the news headline commonly used by domestic media: "Wayne beats Kobe Bryant with 40 points with 18 points." ”
Maybe it's because of that span, maybe it's because of Kobe's poor shooting percentage.
In short, although Kobe Bryant scored 40 points today, he didn't get much praise.
Bryant stood up and looked at Wayne in the distance.
Those who keep saying that one generation is inferior to the next, should look at you as much as I look at you, love and hate!
Who says players nowadays don't know what confrontation and trash talk are? Wayant knows it all!
A rookie would dare to deal with a man with three championship trophies in this way.
This reminded Kobe Bryant of his own time.
He faced Michael. When Jordan was there, what was he afraid of?
Wayne's dedication and pursuit of victory deeply attracted Kobe.
Of course, if you ask Kobe to go over and hug Wayne now...... He certainly didn't want to!
Want me to admit to your face that you're strong?
Dream on!
So, Kobe Bryant just hugged Payton.
"Everything will pass, it's all the process." As they hugged, Peyton comforted his former teammate.
"Well, by the way, Gary, that 99, he learned trash talk from you?" Kobe Bryant looked at Wayne, who was being interviewed by reporters, and asked Peyton by the way.
"Me? Hahahaha, I can't teach him. Before I played the Heat, he taught me how to provoke Wade. ”
"What!?" Bryant was shocked.
In addition to often asking Payton for defensive advice, Kobe Bryant also asked Payton for trash talk.
In his opinion, Payton, who can upset Jordan, is the first person in active trash talk.
However...... Wayne, a first-year rookie, also went to teach Peyton to spew trash talk!
God left all your talent points for trash talk!
"Don't worry, Wayne said they just wanted to win the game. He's actually a very nice person, so don't take it to heart. Peyton patted Kobe on the shoulder, and Kobe nodded lightly.
"He's great, Gary. Every team needs a player like him. It's annoying to be an opponent with him, but it's ...... to be a teammate with him" Kobe Bryant shook his head helplessly, the Lakers lack such a person.
Quietly, Bryant left, just as he quietly appeared yesterday.
The shark on the sofa in front of the TV was so happy that he took two more sips of beer, and Kobe's lost expression was the most beautiful picture in the world!
Now, Ao Pang is also relieved.
Wayne won, and Kobe Bryant won't be able to beat the Sharks.
I Shaq can't beat the people, you Kobe Bryant can't beat the same!
If Shaq had been there, he would have rushed into the arena and hugged Wayne and kissed him on the cheek.
Looking at it this way, Wayne has, cow beep.
Chop 03 Zhan Weigua first, then cut OK Kobe Shark.
This hatred has basically offended all the powerful people in this alliance.
It is worthy of a reverse courtesan.
Sharapova still had her hands on her chest until this point, and she could even feel her heart beating violently.
The image of Wayne hitting a three-pointer and stepping past Kobe Bryant still makes Sava still beat fast when he thinks about it.
Spicy man, he's really strong!
Unruly, not afraid of power, dare to challenge, no matter if you are Kobe or Guagua, the first in the alliance or the pride of the sky, Lao Tzu is not convinced, he is not afraid, he just wants to do it with you!
This...... It's all the characteristics that the old lady likes!
I am it, the huge stadium, but the eyes are full of the back of No. 99.
After the interview, Wayne was the first to run up to Atay and put his arm around his shoulder.
"Good day, Ron."
"Good job...... "The corners of Artest's mouth twitched twice, and Kobe Bryant scored 40 points on my head, little brother.
Do you call this a good job?
I said I almost stopped him, and now I say I did a good job.
What the hell are you thinking about today!
Don't be too arrogant, if I hadn't beaten you, I would have flattened you!
"You really defended well, even though he scored 40 points, but that's because he shot the whole Lakers.
The points that are piled up by the right to make a move, can that be called points? Thank you Ron, without your desperate hand-to-hand fight, we couldn't have won today. ”
"Wei ......" Atai looked at Wayne and felt that this kid's image had become a lot taller.
Don't forget the big brother if you win, you can, you can be righteous enough!
At this time, a prompt appeared on Wayne's system interface again.
His bond with Atai has risen again!
Wayne found that his bond with Atai always rose inexplicably.
Last time, it was because Wayne mentioned Atay in an interview, and this time it was because he casually praised him......
How unhypnotic are you?
Speaking of which, Wayne found that his bond with Atay was only a little short of reaching the position of the first tick mark.
There isn't much left until the rewards are unlocked.
This...... Want to turn on Crazy Kwart?
But if it's too fake, it shouldn't work.
And...... It's much more interesting to complain about Atai than to praise Atai!
It's a damn bad taste!
Well, next time, when Atai makes an outstanding contribution again, just hold back a little and don't complain about him, but praise him.
Now think about it...... Taizi seems to be quite pitiful......
Back in the locker room, Wayne kept a close eye on Bryant's performance at the press conference.
Wayne believes that with Kobe's character, he will not let the war end like this.
It's almost impossible to get Kobe Bryant to convince defeat.
Therefore, Wayne estimated that Kobe Bryant would have to say a few words at the press conference.
However, what Bryant said at the press conference made Wayne messy.
"What do you think of Wayne's jumper that caused you to fall today?"
"Great, he hit that shot at the end, didn't he?
In that case, you should make hitting the shot your first priority and not be distracted by anything. I appreciate his choice, he is a true fighter. ”
"So, what do you think of his behavior of stepping over you? Are you angry? ”
"I'm angry, Wayne, he doesn't know what respect is! It's time for someone to teach him! ”
Seeing Kobe Bryant so angry, the reporters instantly came to their senses.
It's time for work, there's a lot of hype now!
Following Kobe Bryant and Ray. After Aaron, is he going to make a new feud?
The reporters were full of expectations, but Kobe's next sentence flashed the reporters' old waist: "But on the basketball court, sometimes you have to put down respect and compete!" On the basketball court, it's all about winning and losing. ”
"This ..... Do you want to compliment him or complain about him? ”
Not to mention that the reporters are scratching their heads, even Kobe himself is struggling.
That's probably ...... Appreciating the feeling of someone you hate......
Extremely contradictory.
Kobe Bryant has actually always had this fetish, Wayne's previous life, Matt during the Magic period. Barnes and Kobe Bryant almost punched each other on the court, but turned around and Kobe called and invited him to join.
When Artest played for Mosaic, the confrontation with Kobe Bryant was also quite intense.
During the playoffs, two boring men sprayed each other all night with trash talk like "you're rotten", "you're worse", "you're worse", trying to bore each other to death.
As a result, the next year, Artai wore a purple and gold jersey and became close to Kobe.
This is probably Kobe Bryant.
In the end, until the end of the press conference, Bryant didn't say anything offensive either.
On the contrary, he gave Wayne a very high evaluation.
Of course, I also praised Atai by the way.
Well, by the way.
After finishing the interview at the press conference, Bryant walked back to the locker room, but instead of changing his clothes, he walked into the training hall with a basketball in his arms.
Odom looked at it and shook his head.
Today, Bryant's free-throw shooting percentage has dropped significantly, and he will definitely throw hundreds of free throws fiercely and torture himself to the point of exhaustion, before he is willing to go home.
fought against Atai for a whole time, obviously he was already so tired, but he still had to torture himself.
Odom saw it and shouted quickly!
If you are caught by Kobe Bryant and practice together, hehe, just wait for the next day to die of muscle soreness.
In this way, Bryant spent this embarrassing night at the free throw line in the training gym.
But he was not discouraged, nor was he blinded by anger.
There's another interesting opponent in this damn alliance......
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Wayne straddles Bryant's body in Staples.
One can see how much of a sensation the photo caused the next day, fueled by the news media.
It is estimated that even Schwartz himself didn't expect Wayne to be so capable of doing a good job.
Even if he doesn't need to help with the hype, Wayne himself can create a topic and business value for himself.
The day after the Lakers and Pacers game, before the start of the game between the Heat and the 76ers, O'Neal was interviewed by reporters and talked about yesterday's game.
"Let me tell you this, I'm a huge fan of Wei now! I bought 99 of Wayne's No. 99 jerseys in one go last night, and I'm going to change one a day and get one to sign for him.
Way's performance at Staples was delightful. What do you think of the photo of him crossing Kobe? How else can you evaluate it, handsome! ”
Wade on the side listened to the bitterness in his heart, Shaq, you have changed your mind!
When they win together, they call Wei Tiantian.
Now, he is courteous to another Wei.
Kobe Bryant was angry when he watched the news, photos and videos of Wayne stepping over him.
Kobe Bryant's self-esteem, where did he receive this!
He doesn't hold a grudge against Wayne, he just thinks the media is disgusting.
Isn't it just stepping over my legs, and you need to hype it up?
Now, he can understand former teammate Tyronn. Lou's mood when he was crossed by Iverson......
But Kobe Bryant thought to himself that in just a day or two, after the Pacers lost, the heat of the matter would pass.
Outcome...... The Pacers were stunned to go on a five-game winning streak.
After the game against the Lakers, the Pacers are scheduled to play against the Jazz, Warriors, Cavaliers, Jazz and Nets.
In five games, three out of four opponents are bad teams......
Kobe Bryant almost didn't vomit blood when he saw it.
Because the Pacers are on a winning streak and Wayne is also very consistent, the ...... Wayne crossed the heat of Kobe's matter, and he couldn't go down for a long time!
Kobe Bryant was able to see a replay of that scene on TV in three days, and this kind of desperation would not be understood by others.
Except for Emperor Lu Xiangqiu.
In addition to Kobe, the class of 03 was also taken out to whip the corpse.
Because of the knights, he lost again, and James was overwhelmed by Atai's defense.
03 hitman, keep suppressing!
In the game against the Nets, Carter scored a game-high 35 points, and the Nets almost won.
But in the end, the Pacers still relied on stronger team strength and narrowly won by 6 points.
After beating the Nets, the Pacers have won 8 consecutive games since March!
The Pacers' unstoppable winning streak not only put pressure on the Heat, who are the first in the East, but also made the Spurs, who are currently the second in the West, feel the breath of danger.
"Isn't it? Putting the Pacers on the list of hypothetical finalists? Do you really think they'll make it to the finals? I don't think they're going to get past the Heat, they might win against the Pistons this year, but they can't beat Shaq.
While their recent eight-game winning streak has been bluffing, none of their opponents have been too strong. ”
In the Spurs' head coach's office, Budenholzer, as an assistant coach, confronted an old man with a serious expression and put forward his idea.
The old man propped his head with one hand, and waved his hand lightly with the other: "If you want to win the championship, you can't make any mistakes, Mike." ”
Mike. Budenholzer, who introduced himself to Popovich, then assistant coach of the Warriors, in 1994 became a video analyst who was neither paid nor free for the Warriors.
Thus began his coaching career.
It wasn't until Popovich returned to the Spurs in 1996 that Budenholzer, who was taken away, was finally promoted to assistant coach and was in charge of offense with Popovich.
He and Popovich implanted the concept of team offense into the bone marrow of the Spurs.
Because he is a video analyst, Popovich is still in the habit of handing over important video editing and analysis work to his cronies who have followed him for 11 years.
This time, the two had the conversation when Popovich asked Budenholzer to collect and study footage of the Pacers' game.
"Well, if you think it's really necessary. I just think we have to focus more on the Suns, the Pistons and the Heat to avoid losing too much. ”
It's not for nothing that Budenholzer thinks so, after all, the Spurs won by as many as 13 points in the last time the Spurs played the Pacers.
And, for now, the Pacers have a good record, but they haven't shown the strength to really win the championship.
They lack a decisive star and their offensive system is not as good as that of the Suns and Spurs.
The regular season record doesn't say anything, because the playoffs and the regular season are completely different concepts.
In more targeted games, the Pacers aren't necessarily that strong.
Anyway, in Budenholzer's heart, the Pacers have never been a strong opponent in the first echelon.
"A few days later, we had a game against the Pacers. When the time comes, I hope you're right, Mike. Hopefully, we won't have trouble with the Pacers. ”
Popovich looked at the stack of Pacers materials on the table and sighed.
Troublesome guy, one more.